Brush construction



R. S. BLAIR BRUSH CONSTRUCTION Fild m 9. 1919 Puma! Dec. 16, 1924.

. UNITED STATES ROBERT S. BLAIR, OF SOUND BEACH, CONNECTICUT.

BRUSH CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed May 9,

To all whom it may concern:

Be. it known that I, ROBERT S. BLAIR, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of Sound Beach, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements .in Brush Construction, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to application of fluids or semi-fluids to surfaces, and with regard to its more specific features to lather ing apparatus for shaving.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide lathering apparatus of simple and relatively inexpensive construction, which shall be convenient in use.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exemplifiedin the construction hereinafter set forth, and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawings wherein are shown one or more of various possible embodiments of the several features of this invention,

Fig. 1 is a view partly in longitudinal seetion showing my apparatus assembled.

Fig. 2 is a top view of my brush element, the tube being removed.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the different views of the drawlngs.

Referring now to the drawings, I have shown a brush designated by the numeral 1, the bristles being bound together at their tops in the usual manner as by the band 2.

v.to the lower surface of the member 5 is a ring 8 flan ed as at 8 to underlap and make an interlocldng connection with the band 2.

1919. Serial No. 295,878.

Jaw members 6 and 7 are arcuate in cross sectlon as shown at 9, extcndmg symmetrically from the ends of the major axis of ellipse 5 and are preferably tapered at their ends as shown at 10. The bottoms of the jaw portions 6 and 7 are preferably connected by webs 11 for purposes of strengthening the construction. 7

A conventional tube 12, containing shaving cream, having a threaded nozzle 13 closed by a correspondingly threaded cap.

(not shown) and a rivet 14 at its opposite end, is adapted to be assembled with combined brush 1 and fitting. For this purpose, the tube cap '(not shown) is discarded and the shaving tube is inserted nozzle first between the jaw members 6 and 7, until the .sure to place it into firm engagement with the inner surfaces of jaws 6 and 7, said jaws being preferably provided each with an opening 15 into WlllCh the shaving tube may be expanded as shown at 16, to aid still further in maintaining the tube and brush in firm assembled relation.

It is to be understood that other means may be employed in place of the auxiliary securing means 15 16 above set forth, 'or that such means may be of different form. I prefer, however, to employ the specific construction shown and described.

In operation, the tube and brush having been assembled as above set forth, the user presses on the tube as usual, rolling the end 14, whereby a quantity of shavin cream will emerge through nozzle 13 and attened outlet portion 5, into the brush. The lathering operation may then proceed as usual, the user conveniently gripping the brush at the jaw portions 6-7. The flattened outlet portion 5 prevents any needless strain on the bristle holding means 2.

As the tube is rolled up, the rolled end reaches the jaws 6 and 7 and may be conveniently rolled up even then, as appears clearly from the dotted lines in Fig. 1, the user easily extending his thumb and index finger between the jaw member 6 and 7 on opposite sides.

When the tube is exhausted, it may be merely unrolled and then rotated relative to use.

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the brush portion, to unscrewparts 13 and 4 when the parts are separated, whereupon the brush wit its fitting 8 can be again used 111 combination with a new tube.

It will thus be seen that there-is herein described apparatus in which the several features of this invention are embodied and which apparatus in {its action attains the various objects of the invention and is Well suited to meet the requirements of'practical As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of this-invention could be made without 'departi from the scopethereof, it, is intended that l matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall portion of which terminates among the bristles at the bound end of the brush, supportmg means comprising a pair of members xed tosaid device and adapted ,to extend along the sides'of' a tube and serve as ahandle for said brush, a collapsible tube having its nipple threaded within said assage and having its sides resting within t e opposite members of said supporting means and held thereby-against rotation, said members of" bination,

amazes said supporting means bein spaced one from the other to permit sald tube to be seized between the same.

2. In a fountain shaving brush, in combination, a brush, a unitary supporting device having a passage, one end of which is internally threaded and another end of which terminates among the bristles at the bound end of said brush, and comprising a casing extending in a direction away from said brush, a removable collapsible tube threaded within said passage and resting within said casing, said casing bein provided with an opening through whic said tube may be seized and rolled.

3.- In a fountain shaving brush, in coma brush, a unitary supporting device having a passage, one end of which is internally threaded and another end of which terminates among the bristles at the bound end of said brush, and comprising a .casing extending in a direction away from and in substantial alignment .with saidbrush, a removable collapsible tube having a nozzle formed thereon and threaded Within said passage and resting within said casing, said casing being provided with an opening through which said tube may be seized and rolled, and being interlocked with said tube to hold the same against unscrewing from said passage, said device having a portion against which the end of said tube rests.

Signed at New York city in the county of New York and State of New York this 8th day of May A. D. 1919. f

, ROBERT S. BLAIR. 

